Watching ABC's Insiders this week and their panel discussed the local Farrer by-election
Retiring
Liberal Sussan Ley was one of the few remaining moderates within her
party and clearly made a statement by leaving when she lost the
leadership to Angus Taylor, particularly by forgoing any form of speech
to Parliament.
Ley gained the seat after the retirement of Nationals' leader Tim Fischer, another considered a moderate within his party.
So
it was surprising that a collection of esteemed political commentators
from the city all agreed that Taylor's recent proposals to limit
migration were aimed at the Farrer electorate.
When
you consider that a city like Griffith has the most culturally and
linguistically diverse population west of Western Sydney, you realise
how little metropolitan journalists understand regional Australia.
Given how little faith I have in polling results, it's disheartening to see journalists with such limited understanding of an issue important to me.
